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Is Mike Brown that bad?

Here's a coach who's had a 66 game winning season. He's been to the finals and also won coach of the year for turning around Cleveland with Lebron of course. Laker fans seem to place all the blame on him instead of the players. Kobe seems to be typical chucker, Dwight's still adjusting, MWP sucks and Nash is hurt. Why is it that coaches are always the bad guy. It reminds me when Heat fans wanted Spolestra fired for going 9-8 last year.

he is really bad.....against Jazz in the last minute Howard got a rebound and was ready pass to Kobe to shoot fast 3 pointer too close the gap....but Mike Brown called timeout,and offcourse after timeout lakers had to shoot hard shot....

Mike Brown was fired from Cleveland for a reason. He ran so many isolation plays and just expect LBJ to carry the offence. He is a great defensive coach.

Last season the Lakers underachieved. With Bynum and Gasol, they should have been able to win it all. Kobe though, is a chucker and Brown just kisses Kobe @$$ and lets him do whatever he wants. Phil Jackson would not let Kobe get away with that $#!T. Brown supplicates to his franchise player. He can't run an offense.

Is Brown the only reason the Lakers are losing right now? No. Kobe chucking up shots doesn't help. Though so far this season Kobe is actually shooting the ball very well, so we can't blame him. He's over .500 from the field right now and over .400 from the arc. Howard is playing hurt and not dominating the ball. Nash is out. But Brown has to work in the bench. The other night, when the Lakers were up by 24 in the 4th, he put his starters in. Why? If Howard or Kobe had been DRosed in garbage minutes Brown would have be fired that night! He should have been gettign Jamison out there and getting him involved. The Lakers need all their best players playing to their full potential.

Brown is not a great coach. He's a hard working guy, goes over tape, great on defense, but he shouldn't be running an offense.

But yeah, he's not the only problem in LA right now, but he IS one of the problems.

He is the biggest reason Lebron didn't get the ring playing for Cleveland. Yes he is a really awful coach and his 66 win season says nothing good about him. I suggest for Lakers to take a look at David Blatt, i heard he is not coaching now, and looks forward to coach in the NBA. He is a really great coach who can coach the likes of Kobe, Howard and Pau.

AI was sent away from PHI because he wanted team to play 'faster and smaller' and got shown door for it, then got sent out of 'system fit' in DEN to DET to find out he was in similar situation NASH/KOBE(16shots per game?) are in now, and you see how fans are screaming that NASH should be NASH(same i was saying about AI)...AI avg 14shots per in DET

And we all see what REID/MORTY are trying to do with VICK and make him a 'pocket passer only' type QB instead of letting him be VICK ..like REEVES did, go ask FAVRE how that worked out when VICK is VICK, i bet FAVRE was FAVRE from ATL to MINNY right? do i need to mention what he did in GB?

a new coach, a new def. system, a new off. system a new center and a new pg and a shooting guard who took 23shots last yr only taking 16, thats a recipe for probs, not to mention no offseason/preseason chemistry

gotta give'em to latest allstar break and then let the emotions fly, lakerland

As a coach/gm you always put player in position to succeeed, not make him succumb to some dumb offense that doesnt fit players strengths....

AI also dealt with that bum princeton offense in his 2nd PHI stint under the man running the lakeshow sets...E.JORDAN

Mike Brown was fired from Cleveland for a reason. He ran so many isolation plays and just expect LBJ to carry the offence. He is a great defensive coach.

Last season the Lakers underachieved. With Bynum and Gasol, they should have been able to win it all. Kobe though, is a chucker and Brown just kisses Kobe @$$ and lets him do whatever he wants. Phil Jackson would not let Kobe get away with that $#!T. Brown supplicates to his franchise player. He can't run an offense.

Is Brown the only reason the Lakers are losing right now? No. Kobe chucking up shots doesn't help. Though so far this season Kobe is actually shooting the ball very well, so we can't blame him. He's over .500 from the field right now and over .400 from the arc. Howard is playing hurt and not dominating the ball. Nash is out. But Brown has to work in the bench. The other night, when the Lakers were up by 24 in the 4th, he put his starters in. Why? If Howard or Kobe had been DRosed in garbage minutes Brown would have be fired that night! He should have been gettign Jamison out there and getting him involved. The Lakers need all their best players playing to their full potential.

Brown is not a great coach. He's a hard working guy, goes over tape, great on defense, but he shouldn't be running an offense.

But yeah, he's not the only problem in LA right now, but he IS one of the problems.

too bad Lakers were (in 2011)/are a 1st round exit at best without Kobe.

He is the biggest reason Lebron didn't get the ring playing for Cleveland. Yes he is a really awful coach and his 66 win season says nothing good about him. I suggest for Lakers to take a look at David Blatt, i heard he is not coaching now, and looks forward to coach in the NBA. He is a really great coach who can coach the likes of Kobe, Howard and Pau.

Blatt is really good coach and he is from America,he coaching Maccabi...he just resigned from Russia national team

i am for sure in the minority as a lakers fan, but i dont place all the blame on mike brown... Some, yes... All, no... Anyone who thinks Kobe has been chucking this year hasnt watched. Kobe has played really well and really smart. Shooting almost 60% from the field so far. The problem with the players is that there is 0 effort. They seem to think teams will just let them win cuz theyre the lakers. The problem with mike brown is he doesnt know how to use his players. His rotations are terrible. How darius morris even made this team is beyond me. I know duhon isnt all that good, but he is waaaaaay better than morris. All in all... Id say its 50% mike brown and 50% the players

Here's a coach who's had a 66 game winning season. He's been to the finals and also won coach of the year for turning around Cleveland with Lebron of course. Laker fans seem to place all the blame on him instead of the players. Kobe seems to be typical chucker, Dwight's still adjusting, MWP sucks and Nash is hurt. Why is it that coaches are always the bad guy. It reminds me when Heat fans wanted Spolestra fired for going 9-8 last year.

Yep Kobe is chucking alright averaging 16.8 fga per night and shooting .56pct from the field. The players do take a lot of blame, however when the coach is using the wrong system that does NOT compliment his roster, still doesn't have a set rotation off of the bench, makes zero in game adjustments; well then the coach is going to be on the hot seat and get most of the blame. Mike Brown is an average coach at best and is NOT the right coach for this team. I said this last year and I was willing to give him a full training camp and preseason to implement a system and get this team in the right direction and he's failing miserably. The players aren't buying into what he is saying and it shows on the court. Even former players like Barkley, Shaq, Worthy, Magic and Kenny Smith are publicly questioning Brown's coaching.